Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS)

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      "financialTerms": "No payment terms in addition to those mentioned in section 68 of the Procurement Act 2023. Full details can be found in Schedule 11 - Charges and Invoicing draft Contract, which can be seen within the Defra Clinked Data Room Service and the Uk Tender Notice documents."
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    "description": "The Defra DDTS (Digital, Data, Technology \u0026 Security Services) provides digital services to six organisations within the Defra Group (Authority; Environment Agency; Rural Payments Agency; Animal and Plant Health Agency; Natural England; and Marine Management Organisation), serving locations throughout the UK. Within DDTS resides Group Infrastructure and Operations (GIO), providing critical end-to-end technology services and support to c. 33,000 colleagues across the Defra Group. The Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS) will include at its core the following activities: \u2022 Data Centre Facilities Management and Site Services (On-Premises). \u2022 Cloud Hosting Services o Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). o Platform as a Service (PaaS). o Software as a Service (SaaS). \u2022 Cloud Engineering Services. \u2022 Cost Management and Optimisation (FinOps); and \u2022 Transformational Services Infrastructure Services \u2022 Optional Services The Procurement is being conducted under the Procurement Act 2023, using the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) to provide the optimum outcome for the Authority.",
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
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      "features": "The Authority requires any Potential Supplier to complete a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to getting access to the full documentation set. In order to request the NDA please email Gary.Hayes@defra.gov.uk and Mamun.Islam@defra.gov.uk using the email title, \u0027FHAS Potential Supplier\u0027. Please include the following information in your email: Company name. Company number. Contact details including email, telephone and preferred person to contact. The Tender will be split into the following high-level stages: Stage One: Requests to Participate and PSQ which will be used to down-select to a range of 3 - 5 Suppliers Stage Two: Invitation to Submit Initial Tender (ISIT) Stage Optional Stage Three: Interim Down Selection ((The Authority may take a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of (5) suppliers through to the next phase of dialogue/negotiations if the interim down-selection is utilised. Further details of the approach used to determine how many Potential Suppliers will progress through to further negotiation will be included in the Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders)). Stage Four: Dialogue and Negotiations Stage Stage Five: Invitation to Submit Final Tender (ISFT) Stage Stage Six: Identification of Preferred Bidder Stage Seven: Standstill and Contract Award Full details of the process and each stage will be detailed in the Conditions of Participation documentation as well as the ISIT documentation. The Authority anticipates that the procedure will include negotiation at Stage Three and Stage Six. Under the PA2023 Section 24, the Authority may refine an award criterion as part of the competitive flexible procedure. It may also, refine the relative importance of the award criteria. Defra will, following the end of negotiations, consider whether it will refine the relative importance of the award criteria by changing the weighting of each criteria within the limits set out in the table below: Award criteria Weighting at Final Tender Range (Percentage Points) Quality 70% - 20% Price 30% + 20% The Authority intends to use Schedule 5, Paragraph 8 of the PA2023."
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    "title": "Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS)",
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